Opening Day Depth Chart
 

Offense
WR 12 Colston, Marques 19 Henderson, Devery 18 Copper, Terrance

LT 70 Brown, Jammal 79 Petitti, Rob

LG 67 Nesbit, Jamar 61 Holland, Montrae

C 52 Faine, Jeff 76 Goodwin, Jonathan

RG 73 Evans, Jahri 76 Goodwin, Jonathan

RT 78 Stinchcomb, Jon 64 Strief, Zach

TE 85 Conwell, Ernie 80 Campbell, Mark 82 Lawrie, Nate

WR 87 Horn, Joe 89 Jones, Jamal 16 Moore, Lance

QB 9 Brees, Drew 10 Martin, Jamie

RB 26 McAllister, Deuce 25 Bush, Reggie 27 Stecker, Aaron

FB 44 Karney, Mike 33 Joseph, Keith


Defense

LDE 94 Grant, Charles 97 Haynes, Michael

NT 99 Thomas, Hollis 96 Lake, Antwan 77 Leisle, Rodney

DT 66 Young, Brian 98 Whitehead, Willie

RDE 91 Smith, Will 93 Ninkovich, Rob

SLB 55 Fujita, Scott 56 Fincher, Alfred

MLB 50 Simoneau, Mark 54 Clark, Danny

WLB 58 Shanle, Scott 51 Melton, Terrence

LCB 34 McKenzie, Mike 28 Groce, DeJuan 39 Deloatch, Curtis

SS 41 Harper, Roman 23 Stoutmire, Omar 37 Gleason, Steve

FS 29 Bullocks, Josh 24 Scott, Bryan

RCB 22 Thomas, Fred 21 Craft, Jason


Special Teams

LS 47 Houser, Kevin 93 Ninkovich, Rob

P 7 Weatherford, Steve

H 10 Martin, Jamie

K 3 Carney, John

KO 3 Carney, John

PR 16 Moore, Lance 25 Bush, Reggie

KR 18 Copper, Terrance 27 Stecker, Aaron 89 Jones, Jamal

http://www.neworleanssaints.com/depthchart.cfm

practice squad
RB Jamaal Branch
WR Chase Lyman
DT Brandon Villarreal
LB E.J. Kuale
OT Ben Archibald
DE Eric M. Moore

Now this is better on paper than last year. Lets see how they come together as a team. I still think Peyton has one more move up his sleeve before the trading dead line.
I know the Carney bit is still up in the air.
Like the move of Haynes back to DE. Chicago tried him at DT.
Fincher to SLB. Melton to WLB hmmm. This is why I think a trade may happen. We need another true SLB for back up. Maybe Fincher moves better in less traffic. Milton I though was better off at the WLB. Young guns to start out at safeties.
Both the new CB listed behind M&M. that wont last.
Hats off to Evans. Now that is a 4th rounder. maybe next year we can get a couple of more like him in that round.

RE: Opening Day Depth Chart
 

Hmmm......Colston is the #2 WR. Nice!!!! What a draft, huh? When your 1st, 2nd, 4th, & 7th rounders start in game one, I'd say that is as successful a draft class as we've had in recent years. Hopefully, they all play well. Kudos to the FO & coaching staff.

RE: Opening Day Depth Chart
 

I do kind of agree with you here gandhi, but don't you think you can also look at it and say, "Wow, this team is so bad, that we have to start our 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 7th round picks on opening day"?

I am personally wondering how long it's going to take guys like Pettiti, Danny Clark, DeJuan Groce, and Antwan Lake to crack the lineup. I'll be looking for Pettiti to make a move to right tackle sometime this season if Stinch is as unimpressive as he was in the preseason. I will also be looking for Danny Clark to move to the middle LB spot, and shift Simoneau over to the WLB spot in place of Shanle. The other two I'm not so sure about. Our corners have played so badly this preseason that it wouldn't surprise me to see a lot of Groce this year.

Re: RE: Opening Day Depth Chart
 

I'm trying to be optimistic about this year, so I'll go with "the glass is half full" over "the glass is half empty." You are right there, though. Unfortunately.....we were a 3-13 team last year, so "having to start" draft picks may not be all that bad either. :D Either way.....it's nice to see a coaching staff that recognizes problems & tries to correct them (whether it works this year or not). I think we're moving in the right direction. We're not nearly a playoff team, but we are moving in the right direction. :wink:

Sunshiner Sars' Optimism:

If you find yourself debating wether the glass is half full or half empty....I say you just need a smaller glass and have another look.

Re: RE: Opening Day Depth Chart
 

Okay, Colston wins but we all know they'll get about the same amount of time and play

RE: Re: RE: Opening Day Depth Chart
 

I don't know, I think we have a much better defensive unit this year than last.

I don't think Reggie is starting yet.

Still say that Reggie will be in the slot a lot at receiver, especially in 3 and 4 wide sets.

I've been saying in other threads about Payton holding back on the playcalling during the preseason, and I think that this is one of the things that we didn't see much of in the preseason, but I hope we will see a lot more of during the regular season.

I also actually have an excited anticipation to see what the regular season playbook will bring. It has been friggin years since I sensed that. You didn't have to watch a lot of football to read what play was coming with the Saints IMO.

Lots of double tight end sets, Reggie and Deuce in the backfield, etc., etc.--- COMING SOON.

I can imagine one play as seen in the Mia-Pitt game last night...

Deuce a solo back but sets a step forward. Reggie trots out to the slot. Reggie in motion goes and stands in the tailback position. They can give it to Deuce in the up position to the middle holes with a fake to Reggie to the off tackle. Or vice versa. They did that with Ronnie Brown up and Chambers going to the tailback. Then handed off to Brown like a FB. Nice design.